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Spain is a country located in Southwestern Europe with an area of 505,990 km2 (land boundries: 1,952.7 km and costline 4,964 km). The capital of Spain is Madrid. The number of inhabitants is 47,450,795.

Spain joined NATO in 1982. The inventory of the Spanish military is comprised of domestically-produced and imported Western weapons systems. Spain's defense industry manufactures land, air, and sea weapons systems and is integrated within the European defense-industrial sector.

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The China-DPRK Treaty on Friendship is a treaty signed on 11 July 1961 between North Korea and China. The treaty obligates China militarily to defend North Korea and vice versa.North Korea enjoys a close relationship with China which is often called North Korea's closest ally. The relations were strained in the last few years because of China's concerns about North Korea's nuclear program. Both countries have nuclear weapons.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 23.7 billion $ 410 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.5% 0%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 133,282 3,355,000
Reserve personnel: 15,150 2,600,000
Available for military: 11,759,557 392,336,380

Active

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 327 11,750
Armoured fighting vehicles: 2,361 18,130
Total artillery: 242 20,094
Self-propelled artillery: 102 7,220
Rocket artillery: 0 7,140

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 570 5,590
Fighter aircraft: 68 1,398
Multirole aircraft: 84 1,165
Attack aircraft: 13 308
Helicopters: 152 1,557
UCAV (combat drone): 4 151

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 60 1,709
Aircraftcarriers: 1 4
Destroyers: 0 38
Frigates: 11 56
Corvettes: 0 81
Submarines: 2 146

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Spain

Does not have nuclear weapons.

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Military service

Spain

18-26 years of age for voluntary military service by a Spanish citizen or legal immigrant, 2-3 year obligation; women allowed to serve in all SAF branches, including combat units; no conscription, but Spanish Government retains right to mobilize citizens 19-25 years of age in a national emergency; mandatory retirement of non-NCO enlisted personnel at age 45 or 58, depending on service length.

China and North Korea

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